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madrat · 15-11-07, 10:43 PM

Tonight the freeview box in the living room literally exploded

It was in standby and wasn't being used, ther was a very loud bang and the box jumped about 1 inch in the air followed by a cloud of acrid black smoke and a scramble behind the TV for the plug.

Photos are of burnt bit on circuit board and burns to inside of casing.

It was a Digihome DVB915 and only about 18 month's old.

Analoguesat · 15-11-07, 11:12 PM

Oops! Not nice

RocketMBA · 16-11-07, 12:07 AM

Hah! I remember a bunch of Grundigs had this problem. It was dodgy caps in the power supply, if I remember correctly. Then again, with a name like Digihome, your poor box was probably a bunch of dodgy everything

Hope you can source a replacement easily.

madrat · 16-11-07, 12:12 AM

Not going to bother, sticking with satellite, I can honestly say though the 2 Sagem freeview boxes we have (both cost £20) never give a problem, never stick, lose signal, or as the digihome and Matsui boxes and the orion IDTV dose, lose sound for a second. But as i say sticking with satellite, roll on freesat. Its amassing the signal coming from a satellite 26.000 miles away is more reliable than a signal from the TV transmitter 30 miles away.

madrat · 16-11-07, 12:15 AM

by the way this is the same box Tesco were selling and might still be selling for £10.

madrat · 16-11-07, 12:17 AM

Tesco now list it as a SEG and the price is up to £20.

SEG Single Scart Set Top Box AESEGS7 - Tesco.Direct

I got mine from Amizon.

Amazon.co.uk: DIGIHOME DVB915 FREEVIEW Digital Terrestrial Receiver with SCART Lead: Electronics & Photo

russzero · 09-12-07, 04:31 PM

... we are lucky more fires dont occur .. as 90% of the apliances are in standby mode .. at sometime or other .. esp when ZZZzzz sleeping !! our new LCD tv hasnt got a on-off mains switch .. just standby. as far as the exploding cap in the PSU of that STB .. just bad luck id say. the nature of switched mode PSU,s lead to high spikes & mains voltage just a milli-second away!! dont think about it.

make sure your house insurance is good. ha ha

the insaan · 09-12-07, 04:51 PM

from the pictyre it look like the remaining black capacitor is alo close to dying out, you can see that the top has "domed" slightly

15-11-07, 10:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
madrat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 1,629 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Exploding freeview box Tonight the freeview box in the living room literally exploded It was in standby and wasn't being used, ther was a very loud bang and the box jumped about 1 inch in the air followed by a cloud of acrid black smoke and a scramble behind the TV for the plug. Photos are of burnt bit on circuit board and burns to inside of casing. It was a Digihome DVB915 and only about 18 month's old. __________________ *I want it and I want it now*

15-11-07, 11:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,612 Thanks: 7 Thanked 194 Times in 182 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box Oops! Not nice __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

16-11-07, 12:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
RocketMBA As fun as having the flu Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: A cardboard box Posts: 673 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box Hah! I remember a bunch of Grundigs had this problem. It was dodgy caps in the power supply, if I remember correctly. Then again, with a name like Digihome, your poor box was probably a bunch of dodgy everything Hope you can source a replacement easily.

16-11-07, 12:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
madrat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 1,629 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box Not going to bother, sticking with satellite, I can honestly say though the 2 Sagem freeview boxes we have (both cost £20) never give a problem, never stick, lose signal, or as the digihome and Matsui boxes and the orion IDTV dose, lose sound for a second. But as i say sticking with satellite, roll on freesat. Its amassing the signal coming from a satellite 26.000 miles away is more reliable than a signal from the TV transmitter 30 miles away. __________________ *I want it and I want it now* Last edited by madrat; 16-11-07 at 12:17 AM.

16-11-07, 12:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
madrat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 1,629 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box by the way this is the same box Tesco were selling and might still be selling for £10. __________________ *I want it and I want it now*


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16-11-07, 12:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
madrat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 1,629 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box Tesco now list it as a SEG and the price is up to £20. SEG Single Scart Set Top Box AESEGS7 - Tesco.Direct I got mine from Amizon. Amazon.co.uk: DIGIHOME DVB915 FREEVIEW Digital Terrestrial Receiver with SCART Lead: Electronics & Photo __________________ *I want it and I want it now* Last edited by madrat; 16-11-07 at 12:19 AM.

09-12-07, 04:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
russzero die hard Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: s.london.uk Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box ... we are lucky more fires dont occur .. as 90% of the apliances are in standby mode .. at sometime or other .. esp when ZZZzzz sleeping !! our new LCD tv hasnt got a on-off mains switch .. just standby. as far as the exploding cap in the PSU of that STB .. just bad luck id say. the nature of switched mode PSU,s lead to high spikes & mains voltage just a milli-second away!! dont think about it. make sure your house insurance is good. ha ha __________________ if i knew what was better .. id know what was worse

09-12-07, 04:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
the insaan The Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,375 Thanks: 16 Thanked 29 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Exploding freeview box from the pictyre it look like the remaining black capacitor is alo close to dying out, you can see that the top has "domed" slightly __________________

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